Solar LED Light Program
Today over 2.1 billion people live without access to electricity. These people light their homes with kerosene lamps. Kerosene lighting is very inefficient, polluting and dangerous. Replacing kerosene lamps with a solar PV (photovoltaic) and LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting system saves people money, reduces greenhouse gasses, provides better lighting and reduces health risks.
Our PV+LED light system is an economical alternative to kerosene lighting. It consists of modular solar panels, a modular battery storage system and a novel LED light source. A household can purchase our Solar LED light over a period of 2 – 6 years at a lower cost than the kerosene it replaces. Additional benefits include better quality lighting and extra electric power to operate a radio and charge a cell phone.
We plan on operating our PV+LED light program as a for-profit franchise. Our goal is to provide a franchise with bulk purchased photovoltaic panels, connectors, batteries, LEDs and circuit boards. The franchise will assemble the lights and circuit boards and sell lighting systems. We are actively seeking micro-credit partners to assist in this. The Grameen Shakti foundation has successfully used a similar economic model for replacing kerosene lamps in Bangladesh.
The photos below show PV+LED light is higher quality than kerosene light.
